[Hiring] Float Medical Assistant @Ascend Medical Georgia PC

Role Description

The Care Navigator is an integral member of a team focused on providing excellent and comprehensive primary care for a specific population of patients. Care Navigators are responsible for managing crucial aspects of a patient’s individualized care plan including:

• Providing clinical and administrative support
• Triage patients
• Booking appointments
• Preparing patients for examinations

This role will directly impact the lives of people – helping them get comfortable with a new approach to primary care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Graduate from a nationally accredited Medical Assistant program OR equivalent healthcare preparation (i.e. foreign-trained physician, paramedic, etc.) is required.
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years MA experience working in a healthcare setting required.
• Must be current in CPR certification.

Requirements

• Knowledge of clinical procedures, medical anatomy, physiology, ICD-10 and CPT codes, insurance eligibility, and copay determination.
• Excellent communication skills utilizing appropriate medical terminology; and following appropriate legal and ethical professional conduct.
• Creative minded to leverage the strengths of Ascend to problem solve needs.
• High energy, growth minded, and curious to learn more.
• Highly adaptable.
• Critical thinker - understands nuance and can read between the lines.
• Team player, you’re joining a company where collaboration and feedback is encouraged.
• Must enjoy the art of the conversation and thrive in an environment that necessitates frequent communication with multiple people.
• Self-aware problem solver and have a passion to change the landscape of primary healthcare.
• Must be task oriented, self-motivated, and able to work remotely without supervision.
• Strong ability to utilize technology, experienced with documentation into an EMR.
• Spoken and written fluency in English. Bilingual preferred.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k w/ Match
• Generous PTO, paid parental leave, company holidays
• Free healthcare with Ascend including telemedicine options
• Flexible schedule and work/life balance

Company Description

Ascend Medical, founded in 2021, has a mission to elevate body, mind and soul. Our advanced primary care clinically integrates behavioral, metabolic and lifestyle aspects of health to keep you well physically, mentally and emotionally. Ascend started as a convenient, hybrid delivery model spanning digital and at home modalities, meeting patients where they are: at home, at work or anywhere else. We have since evolved and now partner with traditional primary care providers to augment their offering, allowing patients to experience Ascend through brick-and-mortar, digital and at-home channels.

Unlike your typical healthcare system, Ascend is designed to innovate. Innovation starts with a culture that is excited to reimagine healthcare and is not afraid to disrupt. We try to avoid any micro-management of employees but rather embrace a core set of values that empower our team-members to make smart decisions:

• Patients before Profits
• Empathy before Expedience
• Progress before Stagnation
• Team before Individual
• Safety before Everything

At Ascend Medical, you’ll be part of a team of caring and innovative professionals who are forging a new path in healthcare – one that is patient-centered, affordable, and highly convenient. Ascend boasts the highest patient satisfaction scores in the industry (net promoter score consistently above 95) and we excel in delighting patients.